A person may not engage in this state in a trade practice that is defined in this chapter as or determined under this chapter to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
Tex. Ins. Code § 541.003
UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES PROHIBITED
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Weiser-Brown Operating Co. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance (2015)
Most recently applied in Hall Arts Ctr. Office, LLC v. Hanover Ins. Co. (August 2018)
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.